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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 02:39 PM
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Service Manual Preferance

What do you have? Chiltons or Haynes or both? Is there much difference between the two? Anyone own the Factory Service Manuals for this generation Ford truck? Last I checked they were still almost $100.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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I have the factory manuals and a chilton. I've never really needed to check the factory ones, but they do have an entertainment value. I always check the chiltons when I have a need...quite satisfactory.
 
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IMHO the Ford shop manuals rock! Search this forum, there are lots of places that sell new
or reprints. Even eBay.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 01:16 AM
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i only own a chiltons, used it to do many basic simple things that would have cost me a fortune in a shop, but if i had the cash i would buy a shop manual. they have good karma
 
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